Thailand leads ASEAN in 5G rollout due to pandemic
BANGKOK -- The novel coronavirus pandemic has prompted Thailand's major telecom operators to rev up deployment of fifth-generation technologies, making...
Month: May 2020
Coronavirus latest: Brazil records daily record of 1,179 deaths
The Nikkei Asian Review is tracking the spread of the new coronavirus that originated in the central Chinese city of...
WHO calls for fair access to vaccine through patent limits
GENEVA -- As the race for a COVID-19 vaccine heats up, the World Health Organization is looking to limit the...
Mainland Chinese airlines show signs of recovery
HONG KONG -- Mainland China airlines are showing signs of a recovery as the global aviation sector remains under severe...
US and China spar until closing moments of WHO assembly
GENEVA/TOKYO -- As the World Health Organization's annual gathering of members concluded its two-day meeting on Tuesday, the U.S. and...
Instant noodles cool as Japan’s stay-at-home stocks lose steam
TOKYO -- Such Japanese stocks as Nissin Foods Holdings and Nintendo that had rallied in anticipation of demand from consumers...
The death of the coffee king
BANGALORE -- In early 2019, around six months before his body was retrieved from the Netravati River in the south...
A Calvinist wealth seizure is utter madness
As Keynes pithily put it (with a little exaggeration), the country would not be any richer if the entire national...
Gangnam-style library in Seoul sells $25 getaway for book lovers
SEOUL -- Shelved among the luxury apartment towers in Seoul's upscale Gangnam district is a small white library that charges...
Luckin first casualty as US takes aim at China transparency
NEW YORK -- U.S. President Donald Trump and his Republican Party have doubled down on making China transparency a top...
